You can bill for the IVP of solu-medrol, but the subq of insulin is a medication that can be self administered, so you are not supposed to charge for it. Now if the insulin is being given IVP or drip infusion, you can charge for it. Hope that helps.

You might also need a modifier on the facility E&M I know I get these as an edit and they can and should be billed together.

Still if you have an IV push and an IM injection of somthing other than insulin or a vaccination you can still bill these two codes together. They will still hit an edit and you will have to add a 59 modifier to one of them.

I realize this is late but it should have a 25 modifier on the e&m, 96374 if IV push or 96365 if infusion more than 15 minutes and a mod 59 on the 96372....... and YES you CAN bill for the 96372 in the er setting

I have been coding er's for 10 yrs and YOU CAN NOT charge for the subcut insulin because it is a self-adminastraion drug.
the e/m code needs a 25 added to it, charge the IVP and nothing for the IM isulin injection.
If the insulin was given as an infusion then I would code for that.

I too have always billed the sq insulin in the facility, I have looked thru numerous web sites and bulletins and I have seen nbothing that says this cannot be done. So if those of you who are saying this is not allowed could provide your source document for that I would be very grateful.
Thank You

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